Two Rare Pairs of Framed American c.1895 Black & White Convict Mugshot Photographs sub-Curios The bracket shaped hand painted

The bracket shaped hand painted fairground sign designed to draw in the crowds at fairgrounds in the mid twentieth century from a fairground stall

Full Length: 77 inches (including curb links)

The labels vary in date

possibly so that the prisoners could be identified if they committed other crimes after being released

Origin: North Africa/Middle East

Two Rare Pairs of Framed American c.1895 Black & White Convict Mugshot Photographs sub-Curios The bracket shaped hand paintedOrigin: American Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: 1895 The Photographs: 2. 25 x 3. 75 inches each (x4) The Frame: 17 x 11. 5 inches Hailing from fourth quarter nineteenth century America, the two pairs of mugshot photographs in sepia black and white showing detained criminals arrested by the Boston Inspector's Office, between 1895 1897 front and side profile, both in thick pea coats, one, middle aged, with a long moustache